WATCH: Education Experts Talk the Importance of STEM Skills (and the Urgent Need to Accelerate) Math Recovery in a Post-COVID World

New research suggests the pandemic鈥檚 long-term impact on math learning might be considerably more severe than on reading skills. How can educators and parents counter this? Why is it so important?

Those questions will be on the table Wednesday, when 麻豆精品 and the Progressive Policy Institute host their latest webinar, STEM Education and Math Recovery in a Post-COVID World. Panelists include Lagra Newman, founder of Purpose Prep Charter School in Nashville; Shenell McCloud, CEO of Project Ready in New Jersey; Michelle Stie, vice president of the National Math & Science Initiative; Jo Napolitano, senior reporter at 麻豆精品; and Patrick Jones, senior vice president at The Mind Trust in Indianapolis. Curtis Valentine, co-director of the Reinventing America鈥檚 Schools project at PPI, will moderate.

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<p>New research suggests the pandemic鈥檚 long-term impact on math learning might be considerably more severe than on reading skills. How can educators and parents counter this? Why is it so important?</p>



<p>Those questions will be on the table Wednesday, when 麻豆精品 and the Progressive Policy Institute host their latest webinar, STEM Education and Math Recovery in a Post-COVID World. Panelists include <strong>Lagra Newman</strong>, founder of Purpose Prep Charter School in Nashville; <strong>Shenell McCloud</strong>, CEO of Project Ready in New Jersey; <strong>Michelle Stie</strong>, vice president of the National Math & Science Initiative; <strong>Jo Napolitano</strong>, senior reporter at 麻豆精品; and <strong>Patrick Jones</strong>, senior vice president at The Mind Trust in Indianapolis. <strong>Curtis Valentine</strong>, co-director of the Reinventing America鈥檚 Schools project at PPI, will moderate.</p>



<p>The webinar is part of a series co-sponsored by the  and 麻豆精品.</p>



<p>Join us Wednesday at 1 p.m. Eastern: , or come back to this page at 1 p.m. to stream the event live.</p>


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